Tuesday, April 05, 2016

You’ve all been saving
the date for 12-17.04.2016 and the good news is, the countdown for Salone Internazionale
del Mobile 2016 (also widely known as the Milan Design Week) has already begun.
This year being the 55th edition, the fair will be even bigger along
with its promising novel innovations that set a benchmark for the global
furniture industry.

More participants and visitors expected this year.

2015 Events:

Alongside the Salone
Del Mobile fair, last year the major events included:

International Lighting
Exhibition (Euroluce) major highlight included the celebration of its 28th
edition with ‘Favilla- To every light a voice’ as the theme for 2015
International Year of Light.

Workplace3.0
(SaloneUfficio) major highlight was a huge installation ‘The Walk’ by an
internationally renowned Italian architect Michele De Lucchi.

SaloneSatellite
celebrated its 18th edition with the theme ‘Planet Life’. More than 700 young
designers under the age 35 participated.

Its collateral event FTK (Technology for the Kitchen) characterises
technological innovation, energy efficiency, ease of use and aesthetic in the
realm of Kitchen with 40 exhibitors over 12,000 square metres.

International Bathroom Exhibition with 200 exhibitors over 19,000 square metres will
showcase totally innovative solutions for personalising the domestic space
increasingly dedicated to wellness and self-care.

SaloneSatellite will celebrate its 19th edition. This
year’s theme is “New Materials, New Design”.

This year, the XXI
Triennale International Exhibition will be held from 2nd April to 12th
September 2016. The theme will be “Rooms. Novel Living Concepts”, curated by
Beppe Finessi, at the Palazzo dell’Arte in Milan. The exhibition will be
centered on a vision of home living projected towards the future.

The theme for Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2016 is "The World of Quality".

EuroCucina and International Bathroom Exhibition, Biennial events this year.

2015 Colour trends:

Blue and Marsala were
the prominent colour trends of Milan Del Mobile 2015. The fair also displayed a
fusion of colours such as yellow ranging from golden yellow to deep yellow,
dark orange, dark pink, purple, lemon green and chartreuse.

2016 Colour trends:

What will be the
colour trends for 2016? Will the fair display colours (rose quartz &
serenity) that Pantone has declared colours of the year? Or will there be a
repetition of colour trends from previous years? All we have to do is wait and
watch.

The fair will unveil the colour and material trends for 2016.

2015 Material trends:

One of the major
highlights in materials last year was smoked Eucalyptus wood finish. Toned
steel, marble, metal, wood and glass were other combinations that enjoyed
contemporary design expression on tabletops and in accessories. Wood played a
major role in outdoor furniture. Also, range of table tops in ceramic, marble,
wood and glass.

2016 Material trends:

Based on the
collective trends in fairs across the world, newspaperwood, marbles, chestnut
bark, vintage, stonewashed stainless steel were seen as the latest in
materials. With cutting-edge innovation, technology and design, it is hard to
say which materials will make big this year and will sit in the homes of
Italians and then the rest of the world.

Wait and watch

Now, you already have
a map of what is expected at the fair. But, to know what’s the next in design
at the world’s largest fair, save the date 12-17.04.2016 and be at this URL
venue: www.simplysofas.in/MDW to witness and get the Live updates, latest
information and trends as it happens.